Mournin' Blues - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

Been in business and I been in love

I used to fly high like a turtle dove

I had the blues many a time

Just a girl on a poor boy’s mind

I got the mournin' blues

Oh so bad

Mama come a-kiss me

They’re the worst I ever had

A nickel’s worth of grease and a dime’s worth of lard

I would buy more but the times are too hard

There ain’t no use for me to work so hard

'Cause I can live off the chickens in my neighbor’s yard

I got the mournin' blues

Oh so bad

Mama come a-kiss me

They’re the worst I ever had

I woke up this mornin' with a pain in my head

So I crawled right back in bed

Alone in the mornin' makes you feel so sad

The lonesome blues make you feel so bad

I got the mournin' blues

Oh so bad

Mama come a-kiss me

They’re the worst I ever had